Former Westphalia resident Thelma Icel (Crist) Herrill, 88, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, at her home in Wichita.  Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Garnett. Burial will be…

Roberta Joan (Stewart) Miner, 73, of Fulton died Friday Oct. 8, 2010, at her home.She was born April 16, 1937, in Worland, to Orville and Mary Stewart. She received her education in Fulton graduating in…

Q: What is the history of the Allen County Hospital?A: Prior to the construction of the present Allen County Hospital building in Iola, the citizens of Iola and Allen County were served by St. John’s…

The world’s supply of honey may not disappear after all. Working with the U.S. Army, a group of scientists investigating the widespread collapse of honeybee colonies all over the United States have discovered what’s killing…

UNIONTOWN — Uniontown High’s Eagles gave their fans what they wanted — the 2010 Uniontown Invitational championship — on Saturday afternoon. And in doing so they exacted some revenge for one of their two losses…

The road was not kind to Allen County Community College’s volleyball team over the weekend or on Monday.Allen County lost four matches in the Central Community College Invitational at Columbus, Neb., Friday and Saturday. Then…

DALLAS, Texas — Allen County Community College’s soccer teams played three more games in Dallas, Texas, over the weekend.On Friday, the Red Devil women lost 9-0 to Western Texas as Chelsea Reynolds made 20 saves…

PARSONS — Iola High’s Fillies finished up the 2010 tennis season playing in a Kansas Class 4A Regional Tournament Friday at Parsons.Senior Hallie Wolf lost 9-2 to Carlyn Ward of Chanute in a singles play-in…

Iola High’s junior varsity Mustangs dominated Monday night’s football game against visiting Labette County High’s Grizzlies.Following a 30-minute delay after the game got started, the Mustangs scored three second-quarter touchdowns on their way to a…

Had Charly Cummings and Kyle Shobe been a bit more ornery, keeping up with their conversation could have been darned near impossible.But aside from when they were on duty — serving as auctioneers as more…